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| 9-14 | ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE (Insiders Series) by Dr. Mark A. Garlick (July 2008) [Inside this remarkable guide to outer space, you'll find everything from detailed planetary topography to the most current facts and figures about our amazing Universe. In addition to extensive maps of outer space, this atlas also includes constellation charts; diagrams and cross sections of space objects like asteroids and meteorites; the latest information on space shuttles and missions; and stunning, oversize images that capture exploding supernovas and distant galaxies.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5-8 | Adler, David A. | You Can, Toucan, Math: Word Problem-solving Fun [This book introduces kids to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a fun and unthreatening fashion. Math riddles encourage young readers to think through math problems as they study both the amusing verse and pictures. Solutions and tables are provided.]
Working With Fractions - Fractions are everywhere you look-on the play-ground, at school, even at birthday parties! When it comes to counting money, playing games, or making sure you get your fair share of the pizza, fractions are there to help you. Add David A. Adler's handy text to Edward Miller's lively art and you get not just a fraction-but a "whole" lot-of fun. Fun with Roman Numerals [Roman numerals are everywhere: on clocks, in books, and on buildings. But what do Roman numerals mean? How do you use them?] Ages 7-12) Money Madness [What's all this madness about money? Long ago, people traded rocks or sheep for the items they wanted, but rocks were heavy and sheep ran away. This beginning guide to economics will have readers thinking about the purpose, and not just the value, of money.] Ages 6-9. |
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| 10 Up | Aguilar, David A. | Planets, Stars, and Galaxies: A Visual Encyclopedia of Our Universe (National Geographic Books, Oct. 2007) [covers the latest in space exploration, science and research, and is accompanied by amazing new images of space, including Saturn's rings, Jupiter's moons and the Hubble telescope's deep-space view.]
11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System (National Geographic, March 2008) [fascinating up-to-date facts straight from the latest astronomy news for a comprehensive look at our solar system. Do you know how many planets there are?] |
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| Gen. | Asimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery | @AMAZON | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8-12 | Ball, Johnny | Go Figure!: A Totally Cool Book About Numbers [This unique book investigates mathematical marvels such as why daisies always have 34, 55, or 89 petals, why the world's phone numbers appear in pi, and other patterns and paradoxes that will make readers look at numbers in a whole new way.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 up | Bark, Jaspre | Journal of Inventions: Leonardo da Vinci [popup book] - This fascinating book is an exquisite collection of elaborate 3-D pop-ups and detailed illustrations based on the personal notebooks and sketches of the Renaissance’s most influential mind. Discover da Vinci’s Mechanical Man, coil-spring clock mechanisms, hydraulic contraptions, and designs for armored vehicles—the precursor to modern tanks. Each invention is brought to life as a movable 3-D pop-up, with da Vinci’s own words and illustrations to provide further insight. | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-8 | Barner, Bob | Stars! Stars! Stars! [visit distant planets and dazzling stars/simple rhyming text/colorful torn-paper collage illustrations/Meet the Planets and Meet the Galaxy sections bursting with facts] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8-12 | Barton, Chris | The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors [Brothers Joe and Bob Switzer invented a whole new kind of color, one that glows with an extra-special intensity. It took them years of experimenting, but their efforts paid off brilliantly. Day-Glo colors helped win a war, save people's lives, and brighten everyday life.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7-9
7-9 |
Berger, Mevin and Gilda | Do Stars Have Points?
Did Dinosaurs Live in Your Backyard? Why Don't Haircuts Hurt? Scholastic Science Dictionary Did You Invent The Phone All Alone, Alexander Graham Bell? {told in a Q&A format] Did It Take Creativity To Find Relativity, Albert Einstein? |
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| 9-12 | Biesty,
Stephen
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Amazing Pop-Up / Pull-Out / 3D Cross Section Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Bond, Peter | DK Guide to Space: A Photographic Journey Through the Universe | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bortz, Fred | Dr. Fred's Weather Watch: Create and Run Your Own Weather Station
Catastrophe!: Great Engineering Failure-And Success Techno-Matter: The Materials Behind the Marvels Beyond Jupiter: The Story Of Planetary Astronomer Heidi Hammel Astrobiology (Cool Science) Are we alone in the universe? Is Earth the only suitable planet for life? |
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| 6-9 | Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker | ENERGY Makes Things Happen [introduction to energy] [Lesson Plan: Creating Energy from Water - Grades 3-5] [Lesson Plan: The Bouncing Ball - Grades K-6] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-6
6-9 |
Branley, Franklyn M. | Air Is All Around You (Let's-Read- Science 1)
The International Space Station: Stage 2 (Let's Read) The Sun: Our Nearest Star (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) Mission to Mars (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science) Earthquakes (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) [February 2005] |
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| 9 Up | Calabresi, Linda | Human Body [Life-science. Tthis is a multidimensional view of the human body like you've never seen it! Get a glimpse inside blood cells; examine systems from the inside out; and look at cross sections of the brain, muscles, and bones.] (2008) | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6-9 | Carson, Mary Kay | Extreme Planets Q&A (Smithsonian Q&A Series) Some planets are extremely big—so huge that 1,300 Earths could fit inside one. Some planets are extremely little—smaller than Earth's moon. Some planets are extremely fast—speeding through space at 104,000 miles an hour. Some planets may not be planets at all! What makes up a planet? Why is Earth the only known world where life exists? How can a planet's day actually be longer than its year? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Cassidy, John | Zap Science: A Scientific Playground in a Book | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6-10 | Cassino, Mark with Jon Nelson PhD | The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder [How do snow crystals form? What shapes can they take? Are no two snow crystals alike? These questions and more are answered in this exploration of the science of snow. | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 Up | E. Richard Churchill,
Louis V. Loesching, Anthony D. Fredericks, Muriel Mandell,
Judy Breckenridge |
365 More Simple Science Experiments With Everyday Materials | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3-5 9-12 4-8 -8 9-12
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Cobb,Vicki | I Face the Wind
I Get Wet I See Myself You Gotta Try This! Bet You Can! Science Experiments You Can Eat Wanna Bet? Why Doesn't the Earth Fall Up? Blood and Gore... See for Yourself: More Than 100 Experiments for Science Fairs and Projects |
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| 9-12 | Cook, James G. | The Thomas Edison Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-8 | Cole, Joanna | The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System [Teacher Guide]
The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor [Teacher Guide] Magic School Bus Inside the Earth [Lesson Plan] The Magic School Bus Inside a Bee Hive [Book Activities] |
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| 9-12 | Couper, Heather
Henbest, Nigel |
SPACE Encyclopedia with CD ROM | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6-8 | Croswell, Ken | Ten Worlds: Everything That Orbits the Sun [The canyons of Mars . . . the volcanoes of Jupiter's moon Io . . . the glorious rings of Saturn . . . the icy plains of Pluto: these are just some of the places you'll discover when you tour the Sun's planets. And in 2005, astronomers spotted a new planet to visit, a distant world that's bigger than Pluto and billions of miles farther from the Sun.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6-8 | Daniels, Teri | Math Man | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 Up | Dash, Joan | The
Longitude Prize
[Learn More: John Harrison and the Longitude Problem |
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| 10-12 | Deem, James M. | Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past [In 1991, mountain climbers on the Niederjoch Glacier on the Italian-Austrian border came across something unexpected: a body. It had been a very warm summer, and five bodies had already turned up in the area. But something here was different. The materials found with the body suggested it might be very old, perhaps from the 1800s. But radiocarbon dating proved the iceman was 5,300 years older, from the Copper Age. He was named Ötzi and he is the oldest human mummy preserved in ice ever found. ] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Decristofano, Carolyn Cinami | Big Bang!: The Tongue-Tickling Tale of a Speck That Became Spectacular [Billions of years ago a tiny speck that (smaller than the period at the end of this sentence) became the universe we know today. | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 Up | Delano, Marfe Ferguson | GENIUS: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN - Published to coincide with the year that marks the 100th anniversary of what has been described as Einstein's "miraculous year" and the 50th anniversary of his death, and to honor his genius, big heart and role in championing democracy.The publication date (March 2005) will coincide with celebration of Einstein's life and achievements. In recognition of Einstein's ideas and his influence on modern life, the year 2005 has been declared the "World Year of Physics" (WYP) The theme for the WYP celebration in the U.S. is "Einstein in the 21st Century." [More information on the WYP Event] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8-12 | Dewey, Jennifer Owings | Antarctic Journal: Four Months at the Bottom of the World | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5-7 | Dodds, DAyle Ann | Full House: An Invitation to Fractions [fun story and introduction to fractions.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Drobot, Eve | Smart-opedia: The Amazing Book About Everything [Four main sections (The World Around Us, Life, History, and Genius) are separated into nine detailed chapters (Astronomy, Planet Earth, Plants, Animals, The Human Body, History, The Arts, Science and Technology, and Today’s World) that cover more than 85 entertaining and thought-provoking subjects. | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Enzensberger,Hans | The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 UP | Fife, John Austin | Watered-Down Electricity: Using Water to Explain Electricity | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Fredericks, Anthony D. | The
Complete Science Fair Handbook : For Teachers and Parents of Students in
Grades 4-8
Exploring the Universe From Butterflies to Thunderbolts: Discovering Science With Books Kids Love [Teacher Resource] |
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| 9-12 | Dyson, Marianne J. | Space Station Science : Life in Free Fall | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5-9
9 Up |
Getz, David | Floating Home
Frozen Girl Frozen Man Purple Death [Mysterious Flu of 1918] |
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| 6 up | Goldstone, Bruce | Great Estimations [If someone handed you a big bowl of jelly beans, how would you figure out how many there are? You could count them, one by one—or you could estimate. Do you see more than five jelly beans? Less than a million?] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Up | Graham, Ian | Explore It: Amazing Machines [From simple pulleys and screws to intricate medical robots, kids can discover all kinds of machines and learn how they work. Special tour guides like Leonardo da Vinci describe the fascinating process from discovery to invention of some of the world’s most important machinery. Incredible interactive 3-D pop-ups, pull-outs, flaps, diagrams, and an illustrated glossary ] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-13 | Green, Dan | Astronomy: Out of this World! [Astronomy gives every important celestial body and concept its own page, where readers can learn its behaviors, likes, and dislikes up close and personal. From the flashy stars to the shadowy and strange objects that hang out like loners at the edges of the universe, no player goes unnoticed. Every profile has a hip anime-style portrait to round out the picture, but make no mistake: while the presentation is all style, the science is rock solid. The book includes a super cute poster of the solar system in the back.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-13 | Haduch, Bill | Go Fly a Bike! The Ultimate Book of Bicycle Fun, Freedom, and Science [history, science, trivia, practical advice for bike care, repair, and safety/from its history to the laws of physics that make it work to how to plan an all-day excursion] Cool book! | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 Up | Haven, Kendall | That's Weird! Awesome Science Mysteries [explore sixteen of science's toughest mysteries such as Atlantis, Bermuda Triangle, Black Holes, Dinosaur Extinction...] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adult | Hechtman, Judy | Teaching Math with Favorite Picture Books (Grades 1-3) [Our Picturebooks at Embracing the Child Section] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Hauser, Jill Frankel | Super Science Concoctions | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Hixson, B. K. | It's Due When?!? A Practical Remedy for the Annual Science Fair Panic Attack! | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Up | Hoban, Tana | Cubes, Cones,
Cylinders, and Spheres
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes |
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| 5 Up | Hopkins, Lee Bennett | Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12
9-12 9-12 |
Jones, Charlotte Foltz | Accidents May
Happen:50 Inventions Discovered by Mistake
Fingerprints and Talking Bones:How Real-Life Crimes Are Solved Mistakes That Worked |
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| Adult
***** |
Kaczmarski, Kathryn | Exploring Math with Books Kids Love [integrating math and literature for middle schoolers] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adult
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Kneidel, Sally | Creepy Crawlies and the Scientific Method: More Than 100 Hands-On Science Experiments for Children | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-8 | Krupp, E.C. | The Big Dipper and You | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7-9 | Latta, Sara | Stella Brite and the Dark Matter Mystery [one of modern astronomy's great puzzles] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Law, Dr. Stephen | Really, Really Big Questions About the Weird, the Wonderful, and Everything Else [Have you ever looked at your dog and wondered what it is really thinking? Or asked yourself if your entire life has been a dream? Prepare to exercise your mind as you investigate these big ideas and more on the roller-coaster ride of reason and ridiculous that is philosophy. Cool illustrations, brainteasers, and quirky quotations add to the simple and fun question-and-answer format, introducting readers to life's important questions.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6-8
4-8 |
Leedy, Loreen | The Great Graph Contest [each graph's data collection and construction in back]
Measuring Penny [standard and non-standard measurement] Mapping Penny's World [basics of map making] Postcards from Pluto: A Tour of the Solar System Missing Math: A Numbers Mystery [illustrates the importance of math for almost everything] |
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| 6-9 | Lewis, J. Patrick | ARITHME-TICKLE [An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes]
Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science |
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| 7-9 | Lopresti, Angeline Sparagna | A Place for Zero: A Math Adventure [As Zero searches to find his place, he learns of his additive and multiplicative identities, and then he establishes place value.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 up | MacAulay, David | The New Way Things Work [The information age is upon us, baffling us with thousands of complicated state-of-the-art technologies. To help make sense of the computer age, David Macaulay brings us The New Way Things Work. This completely updated and expanded edition describes twelve new machines and includes more than seventy new pages detailing the latest innovations. With an entirely new section that guides us through the complicated world of digital machinery, where masses of electronic information can be squeezed onto a single tiny microchip, this revised edition embraces all of the newest developments, from cars to watches. Each scientific principle is brilliantly explained--with the help of a charming, if rather slow-witted, woolly mammoth.]
The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body (Ages 9-12) This comprehensive and entertaining resource reveals the inner workings of the human body and all of its systems and mechanisms, Page after page of beautifully illustrated spreads detail everything from cells to the bones and organs they build, clearly explaining the function of each, and offering up-close glimpses, unique cross-sections and perspectives, and even a little humor along the way. Discover just how remarkable the human body really is.] |
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| 5-8 | Maple Tree Press | SMART-OPEDIA JUNIOR: The Amazing Book about Everything [it's like a condensed encyclopedia for little kids/read a page each night] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Up | Mason, Adrienne | Touch It! Materials, Matter and You [easy-to-understand first science book that explores materials — their color, shape, texture, size, mass, magnetism and more.
Move It!: Motion, Forces And You [takes th ephysics of why and how things ove and transfroms it into an enjoyable and easy-to-understand first science book. Build It!: Structures, Systems And You (Primary Physical Science) [explores the function of structures, the materials they're made of, how their parts are joined together and more.] Change It!: Solids, Liquids, Gases And You (Primary Physical Science) [takes the physics of matter—solids, liquids and gases—and transforms it into an enjoyable and easy-to-understand first science book.] |
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| All | McClafferty, Carla Killough | The Head Bone's Connected To The Neck Bone: The Weird, Wacky, and Wonderful X-Ray | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6-8 | McElligott, Matthew | The Lion's Share: A Tale of Halving Cake and Eating it, too. [When Ant receives a special invitation to dine with Lion, she is ready to be on her best behavior. During dessert, the other guests do not mind their manners, each one taking half of the remaining cake as it is passed around. By the time it reaches Ant, barely a crumb is left for her to share with the King! She promises to make up for it by baking another cake for the King, and not to be outdone, all the other animals in turn offer to make twice as many cakes as the next. By the time the hippo speaks up, he’s to bake 256 peanut butter cakes! With McElligott’s signature humor and gorgeous mixed-media art, the math concepts of halving and doubling have never been so much fun. This is a smart book.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6- | McGrath, Barbara Barbieri | More
M&M's Brand Chocolate Candies Math [estimation, simple graphing,
factoring, multiplication, problem solving, division]
Skittles Riddles Math [fractions, negative number, number lines, quantity comparison] The M&M's Count to One Hundred Book [learn to count by Ones, Twos, Fives and Tens] The M&M's Addition Book [single and double digit addition] The M&M's Subtraction Book [single-digit and double-digit subtraction] |
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| 5-8 | McNulty, Faith | If You Decide To Go To The Moon [a fascinating excursion to the moon.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Miranda, Anne Simon | Monster Math
[Counting from 1-50 and back again] [More Counting Books] |
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| 9-12 | Mitton, Jacqueline Simon | Scholastic Encyclopedia
of Space
Young Oxford Book of Astronomy |
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| 9-12 | Monroe, Eula Ewing | Math Dictionary: The Easy, Simple, Fun Guide to Help Math Phobics Become Math Lovers | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Up | Morgan, Jennifer | Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story Bk. 1 [Wow!] [glossary and list of resources in back]
From Lava to Life: The Universe Tells Our Earth's Story Bk. 2 [Wow! Again] [glossary and list of resources in back] |
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| 8-12 | Moss, Marissa | G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 up | Murphy, Glenn | INVENTIONS (INsiders Series) [INsiders brings inventions to life, with the most up-to-date information and state-of-the-art 3-D illustrations that practically leap off every page. What is an invention? Timeline of Invention. The first inventors. From the wheel, sail, clock, windmill, printing press, engine to bionics and the Internet.]
Why Is Snot Green? [Scientific answers to mysteries kids really want to know. Sure a lot of kids want to grow up to be astronauts, but according to scientist Glenn Murphy, even MORE kids want to know what happens to astronaut farts. (Short answer: Not good things!) And they want to know: Why don't all fish die from lightening storms? Why haven't we all been sucked into a black hole? Do animals talk? Told in a back-and-forth conversational style, Why is Snot Green? presents science just the way kids want to learn it--with lots of laughter. ] |
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Murphy, Stuart J. | Earth Day Hooray! [recycling/counting by 10's,100's,1,000's] Level 3
Less Than Zero [simple line graph/concept of negative numbers] Coyotes All Around [simple rounding/adding numbers in head] One...Two...Three...Sassafras! [concept of number order] Racing Around [Understanding Perimeter] Safari Park [How many rides can they go on? Beginner Algebra] Missing Mittens [Odd/Even numbers] Let's Fly a Kite [math concepts, sharing, cooperation] Game Time [keep track of time, problem solving] Probably Pistachio [math concept in probability] Shark Swimathon [Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers] Lemonade for Sale [Bar Graphs] Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes: Level 2-Three Dimensional Shapes Seaweed Soup: Level 1, Matching Sets Same Old Horse [predictions/logical thinking] Level 2 Hamster Champs (Level 3) [3 hamsters, a few alphabet blocks, a board, and a protractor show ow to measure angles.] Leaping Lizards [Learning to count by fives and tens] |
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| 9-12 | Nagda, Ann Whitehead | Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger [Basic Concepts] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Neuschwander, Cindy | Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland: A Math Adventure [a fun introduction to geometry] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 3
Level 3 |
Nicolson, Cynthia Pratt | Discover the Planets [ begins by discussing our solar system, explains what planets are, why they are so bright in the night sky and how they orbit around the sun.]
Discover Space [What humans have discovered about space over the centuries up to the present day.] [Learn More about Space] Discover Space Rocks Discover the Stars The Jumbo Book of Space - Ages 8-12 - Why does the sun shine? How big is our solar system? Where do comets come from? How far away are the stars? Get down-to-earth explanations of the science behind today’s space facts. Learn How to: Make your own telescope and two-stage balloon rocket, make a model of Jupiter's surface or make moon craters. Cook with the sun's rays. |
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| 6-9 | Pallotta, Jerry | Underwater
Counting [even numbers to 50, hidden numbers, underwater learning adventure]
The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar Fractions Book [ The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Multiplication Book |
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| 7 Up | Pappas, Theoni | The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat: The Mathematical Cat [mathematical concepts from fractals to infinity] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5-8 | Pitino, Donna Marie. | Too-Tall Tina [Tina is proud of her summer growth spurt--until she discovers that she is the tallest kid in third grade! She is teased, her favorite jump rope is too short, and she won't be standing next to her best friends in the class photo this year. Tina learns to embrace her new height while readers learn not only about self-esteem, but also about linear measurement with comparison terms. | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platt, Richard | Space Explorer
Atlas
Pop-Up Pull-Out 3D Timescape Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body DK Discoveries: Aztec: The Fall of the Aztec Capital/The Spanish Conquest of Mexico |
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| 9-12 | Reeves, Diane Lindsey | Career Ideas for Children Who Like Computers | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 Up | Reef, Catherine | Sigmund Freud: Pioneer of the Mind | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12/All | Rey, H. A. | Find the Constellations (Second Edition) (2008) [A delightfully illustrated, informative beginner's guide to locating and identifying constellations in the northern hemisphere, with an extensive index, glossary, and time table for sky viewing.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 Up | Ride, Dr. Sally | Space [explore the mysteries of the universe. Look at planets, stars, meteors, comets, black holes, and our very own planet Earth. Find out what it takes to train and be an astronaut and discover what it feels like to break through Earth"s atmosphere. Learn what"s inside the space shuttle and investigate the other planets and moons in our solar system. Finally, consider what surprises other galaxies might hold in this dynamic look at the world of space exploration.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7-10 | Robinson, Richard | Science Magic in the Bathroom
Science Magic in the Kitchen |
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| 8-11 | Romanek, Trudee | Wow!: The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About The Five Senses | @AMAZON
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| 5-8 | Ross, Michael Elsohn | What's the Matter in Mr. Whiskers' Room? [Using seven science stations, Mr. Whiskers encourages his kids to use all their senses to make observations and draw conclusions. Everyone’s a scientist in Mr. Whiskers’ class, where hands-on mini-experiments lead to Big Ideas — and promote an ongoing passion for independent, open-ended discovery.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Ross, Stewart | Moon: Science, History, and Mystery [combines the story of the preparation, journey, arrival, and landing of Apollo 11 with scientific information about the Moon and its influence on our culture through music, theater, literature, and more.] | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9-12 | Schmandt-Besserat, Denise | The History of Counting | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ? | Schwartz, David M. | Millions to Measure [history of measurement] 2003
How Much Is a Million? If You Made a Million [making money matters matter to kids] Q Is for Quark: A Science Alphabet Book (Ages 10 up) - From DNA to jet-propelled squid to proof that it's best to prepare dragon tonic using the metric system, David Schwartz's perennial science alphabet book entertains the science-curious and the science-phobic alike. |
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| Selby,Peter H.; Steve Slavin Denise | Practical Algebra: A Self-Teaching Guide, 2nd Edition | @AMAZON | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 Up | Scott, Elaine | When is a Planet Not a Planet?: The Story of Pluto
Mars and the Search for Life [now,the possibility of human habitation] |
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| 6-9 | Seuling, Barbara | Flick a Switch: How Electricity Gets to Your Home [Learn More: Safety Rules | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5-9 | Showers, Paul | Hear Your Heart | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10-14 | Siebert, Diane | CAVE | @AMAZON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9Up | Simon, Seymour | Destination: Space
The Heart The Brain: Our Nervous System Bones: Our Skeletal System Muscles: Our Muscular System Destination: Jupiter The Universe Eyes and Ears Guts: Our Digestive System |
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| 4-8 | Simon, Seymour and Nicole Fauteux | Hands-On Early-Learning/Science Activities
Let's Try It Out with Towers and Bridges Let's Try It Out in the Water Let's Try It Out in the Air |
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| Smart Lab |
You Mix It: Secret Formula Lab [Easily assembled components empower kids to mix up 15 secret formulas. Using simple tools of the science trade included in this kit, ordinary ingredients from your kitchen cabinets combine to yield extraordinary results!]
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Snap-Together: Coin Sorter [Centripetal force is at work sorting quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies into wrapper-friendly stacks. Use the wrappers included to bank your coins! This is a great way for fiscally minded kids to make good use of their math skills and their money.] You Build It: Motor Mania [Includes everything kids need to build 10 fun and functional motorized projects! Kids can create a drink stirrer, a hypnoticon, a fan, a game spinner, a car, a tram, a winch, a conveyor, a crane, and a tranktor.] SmartLab Challenge: Science and Nature [Any one of 1,000 questions is randomly chosen to challenge one player or create a 2-player game. Kids draw and answer questions from the book using the game component, which also reports the score at the end of a 10-minute challenge.] Extreme Secret Formula Lab (Ages 8+) [features tailored components such as a mix-and-measure scoop, test tubes with squishy lids, and an abundance of glow-in-the- dark powder so kids can concoct 20 experiments that glow, ooze, and stink up the kitchen. From glow-in-the-dark alien blood to scratch-and-sniff stickers, young scientists will never have so much fun with a beaker, test tubes, and commonly found household ingredients! ] 8-12 |
Sobol, Richard |
Breakfast in the Rainforest: A Visit with Mountain Gorillas [A photographer shares a rare glimpse of mountain gorillas in the wild — and inspires readers to help protect them.] |
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10 Up |
Steele, Philip |
Galileo: The Genius Who Faced the Inquisition (National Geographic World History) |
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9 up |
Swanson, Diane |
You Are Weird: Your Body's Peculiar Parts and Funny Fun [Take a guided tour around our oddball organs and freaky body functions that make us who we are -- wacky, wonderful and weird, weird, weird.] |
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5-8 7-9 6-9 8-10 Tang, Greg |
The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles
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Math For All Seasons [Riddles - counting tasks] Math Appeal: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles Math- Terpieces [combining artwork of famous painters to facilitate problem-solving skills through grouping Math Potatoes: Mind-stretching Brain Food Math Fables Too [will help kids learn to count and lay the groundwork for addition. ] @AMAZON
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Turner, Pamella S. |
Life on Earth—and Beyond: An Astrobiologist's Quest [NASA astrobiologist Dr. Christopher McKay has searched the earth's most extreme environments in his quest to understand what factors are necessary to sustain life. An inside look at Dr. McKay's research, explaining his findings and his hopes for future exploration both on Earth and beyond. Behind-the-scenes photos capture Dr. McKay, his expeditions, and the amazing microbes that survive against all odds.] |
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9Up |
Ward, Brian |
EPIDEMIC [battle
against epidemics from Black Death and smallpox to modern superbug |
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4-8 |
Waring, Geoff |
START WITH SCIENCE BOOKS - Ages 4 and Up
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Just enough fun and facts to get them started. "Thinking about..." section in back of book. Fun illustrations, too. (MORE of Oscar in NATURE Section) Oscar and the Snail: A Book About Things That We Use [Why we choose different material to do different jobs, where materials come from, and what different qualities they have.] Oscar and the Bird: A Book About Electricity [Oscar finds out which machines need electricity to work and how electricity is made and stored.] 4-8 |
Wick, Walter |
A Drop of Water:
A Book of Science and Wonder |
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6- |
Williams, Rozanne
Lanczak |
The
Coin Counting Book [coin recognition, adding coins: how many pennies
in a nickel; how many nickels in a quarter, etc.] |
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Wolf, Allan |
The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems About Our Parts [Use with life-science course. Expect giggles, but students will learn about the body] |
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9Up |
Wulffson, Don |
TOYS! Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions |
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| DK's The Truly
Tasteless Scratch & Sniff Book [kids will love it][strong nose recomended] |
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A crow,
ready to die with thirst, flew with joy to a pitcher, which he saw at a
distance. But when he came up to it, he found the water so low that with
all his stooping and straining he was unable to reach it. Thereupon he
tried to break the pitcher; then to overturn it; but his strength was not
sufficient to do either. At last, seeing some small pebbles at hand, he
dropped a great many of them, one by one, into the pitcher, and so raised
the water to the brim, and quenched his thirst. Skill and patience will
succeed where force fails. Necessity is the mother of invention. --Aesop's
Fables
